Private businesses in Europe can forbid Muslim women in their employ from wearing headscarves if the ban is part of a policy of neutrality within the company and not a sign of prejudice against a......
Pakistan vowed on Tuesday to work to prevent non-nuclear states from gaining the technology that would put them on the path to acquiring nuclear weapons in a pledge delivered by Adviser to Prime......
Over 70 representatives of 23 Asian countries met in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of creating a regional bloc similar to the European Union (EU) during a conference hosted by the......
Suspected militants 'kidnapped' three government school teachers in Balochistan's Awaran district Tuesday evening, a security official told DawnNews.Levis official Muhammad Jan told DawnNews via......
Afghan envoy to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal on Tuesday announced that the British government will host a high-level meeting of Pak-Afghan officials tomorrow (Wednesday) to discuss the "current tense......
Islamabad United coach and former Australian cricketer Dean Jones said he was extremely disheartened when he learned that three United players were being questioned over their alleged involvement in......
A senior Punjab government official proposed on Tuesday to make hijab mandatory for female students enrolled in the province's colleges."We are leaving our religion behind, we are forgetting our......
Residents in Karachi's Defence and Clifton areas reported feeling tremors and hearing a loud "boom" Tuesday evening.It is not clear what may have caused the reported sound and tremors, as Edhi and......
The Balochistan High Court on Tuesday directed the federal and provincial governments not to include Afghan refugees in the population census scheduled to start from March 15.The divisional bench of......
After former fighter Syed Bashir Bukhari gave up the rebellion against Indian rule in his home territory of Kashmir, he faced trouble.His family was denied Indian citizenship after returning from the......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday delivered a progressive and inclusive message to minorities in the country, saying "no one can force others to adopt a certain religion".Nawaz began his speech......
North Korea warned the United States on Tuesday of "merciless" attacks if an aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson, which is joining South Korean forces for exercises, infringes on......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended Tuesday’s erratic trading session on a slightly negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 26 points, or -0.05 per cent in intraday trading to reach......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday suspended fast bowler Mohammad Irfan following the investigations into the spot-fixing allegations, DawnNews reported.Irfan had appeared before the PCB......
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment not to transfer weapons of mass destruction to states or non-state actors.Delivering a keynote......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that blasphemy is an unpardonable offence and directed the state machinery to find those responsible for putting blasphemous content on social media and......
US President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) new authority to conduct drone attacks against suspected militants, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing US......
Three people, including two police officers, were injured in Lahore on Tuesday morning when they were fired upon by unidentified persons, DawnNews reported.Speaking to reporters following the......
Seventeen Chinese coal miners were killed when a lift used to move workers fell down a shaft, state media reported, the latest deadly mishap in the country's accident-prone coal-mining industry.The......
SoftBank Group Corp Chairman Masayoshi Son will meet Saudi King Salman on Tuesday in Tokyo, a person briefed on the matter said, as the kingdom and the Japanese tech and investment firm proceed with......
PESHAWAR: While Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister along with his small army of advisers and ministers at a crowded inaugural ceremony of gems and mineral show claimed that he would be going to China......
GILGIT: A two-day cultural and spring festival concluded in Yasin valley of Ghizer district on Monday.Thousands of people from different parts of the region, including GB ministers, Legislative......
KOHAT: A former PML-N senator has asked the chief minister to finalise a summary regarding allotment of land for a private hospital the federal government has announced to build in Kohat......
ISLAMABAD: Hearing the petition seeking removal of blasphemous content from social media, a Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge on Monday dispelled the impression that the case in anyway was linked with......
ISLAMABAD: Women lawmakers from Iraq, Turkey and Sri Lanka joined their Pakistani counterparts in discussing the role of women in tackling violent extremism at a conference on Monday.The three-day......
LAHORE: Police on Monday booked PML-N MNA Sohail Shaukat Butt for his alleged involvement in the murder of PPP leader Babar Sohail Butt in Lahore.Reacting strongly, PPP Chairman Bilawal......
Her heart beats with the heart of every Baloch mother whose son is missing. She deeply feels the agony of the Hazara families who faced targeted killings and forced migrations to Mashhad and Quetta......
GUJRAT: People of Malakwal tehsil of Mandi Bahauddin and Pind Dadan Khan tehsil of Jhelum district as well as Sargodha have got another ray of hope as the Punjab government has reportedly approved......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A mysterious fire gutted the courtroom of a civil judge here on Monday.According to court sources, fire erupted in the courtroom of Civil Judge Faraz Arshad, reducing its furniture......
KARACHI: The provincial assembly on Monday carried The Sindh Transparency and Right to Information Bill, 2016, as amended by a select committee comprising 10 lawmakers belonging to all parliamentary......
KARACHI: The denizens of Moenjodaro were praised on Monday for being so refined, so cultured and so peace-loving that they did not even think of waging war.“Among the articles discovered from the......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed extreme annoyance over lethargic attitude of the Sindh government in taking action against those responsible for the shortage of safe drinking water and......
HYDERABAD: Sindh United Party (SUP) leader Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah and activists of various political parties and nationalist groups on Monday intensified their mass contact drive by visiting people......
NEW DELHI: Indian students are taught very early in school that India’s contribution to the world of mathematics is zero.Way back in the fifth century, an Indian mathematician used zero in the......
MOSCOW: Saint or playboy, blood-stained autocrat or family man, incompetent leader or just a victim of circumstance? A century after he ended Romanov rule, Russia’s last tsar still prompts heated......
KABUL: A roadside bomb struck a bus in downtown Kabul during rush hour on Monday, officials said, sending smoke rising in the sky just days after a deadly insurgent assault on Afghanistan’s biggest......
PARIS: French presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Monday defended his radical economic plan and proposed a measure to clean up politics, two days before a key meeting with judges investigating......
PARIS: Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world’s most wanted criminals, described himself as a “professional revolutionary” on Monday when he went on trial in France over a grenade attack on a Paris......
LONDON: The risks to Britain of its vote to leave the EU were laid bare on Monday when Scotland’s nationalist government announced a new independence vote in anticipation of the imminent start of the......
NEW YORK: The northeastern United States braced on Monday for what meteorologists predict could be the worst winter storm of the season, with blizzards feared to dump knee-high snow on New York.The......
ROTTERDAM: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday urged The Netherlands to stop the march of populism in Europe, just hours before he was set to clash with his rival anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders in......
CAIRO: The three-ton torso of a massive statue that may be of one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs was lifted on Monday from mud and groundwater where it was recently discovered in a Cairo suburb.The......
BUDAPEST: Hungarian lawmakers comfortably re-elected ruling Fidesz party veteran Janos Ader as president for another five years on Monday, a sign of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s firm grip on power......
BERLIN: She is controlled and cautious, a physicist from East Germany who takes her time making decisions and has never relished the attention that comes from being Europe’s most powerful leader.He......
ALGIERS: An archaeological treasure trove on the site of a planned metro station in central Algiers is set to become a museum, opening a window on 2,000 years of history.The site, close to the......
KARACHI: Income Tax engineered a made a remarkable comeback to reach 318-5 against the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on the second day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II tournament fixture at the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army defeated WAPDA 32-28 in the inaugural match of the women’s event at the 16th National Men & Women Netball Championship which commenced here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on......
KARACHI: Debutant and the reigning national under-18 and under-21 champion Mohammad Naseem Akhtar stretched his winning run in the 42nd National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana on......
HUB: Demonstrating fine driving skills and brilliant control, the experienced Asad Khoro won the “A” Prepared Class event of Hub Rally Cross at the newly launched Max Dirt Arena here late Sunday......
LAHORE: Upcoming middle-order batsman Babar Azam and all-rounder Hasan Ali on Monday expressed confidence that they will perform at their best on the upcoming tour of the West Indies provided they......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan has made it clear to players undergoing training at the Gaddafi Stadium that there will be no compromise on their fitness.He visited the stadium......
DHAKA: Bangladesh have dropped batsman Mahmudullah Riyad from their squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, a senior cricket official said on Monday.“Mahmudullah is coming back home......
LAHORE: Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan appeared before the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) anti-corruption unit here on Monday to answer allegation of him not reporting to the unit incident in which a......
PARIS: Porto must follow in Barcelona’s footsteps and achieve a Champions League first on Tuesday if they are to overcome Juventus and reach the quarter-finals while Leicester City will be hopeful of......
MADRID: Barcelona slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at lowly Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday and lost top spot in La Liga to Real Madrid, who recovered to beat Real Betis 2-1 thanks to a header by the......
INDIAN WELLS: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, owners of a combined 44 Grand Slam titles and 12 of the past 13 trophies at Indian Wells, all earned straight-set victories to get......
PARIS: Paris St Germain responded to their Champions League humiliation against Barcelona by scraping past the worst team in Ligue 1.Sunday’s 2-1 win against last-placed Lorient will do little to......
MILAN: AS Roma and Napoli enjoyed 3-0 wins over Serie A relegation candidates on Sunday as they kept pace with leaders Juventus, while Inter Milan captain Mauro Icardi and Ever Banega grabbed......
ISLAMABAD: The state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) has struck a new oil and gas discovery in an area of Hyderabad, Sindh, raising hopes of fresh hydrocarbon openings.The discovery......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of services witnessed growth of nearly 14 per cent year-on-year to $37.71 million in January, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Monday.The increase......
KARACHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to finance and support the Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project starting from Manghopir to Numaish areas.A committee has been constituted to......
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra expressed little concern on Monday about a soaring trade deficit.The deficit during the first eight months of 2016-17 reached $20......
KARACHI: The government should ensure uniformity across federal and provincial tax laws and also introduce common registration number along with single tax return form, speakers at a pre-budget......
ISLAMABAD: The Habib Metropolitan Modaraba Management Company Pvt Ltd (HMMMCPL) has been issued formal authorisation by the SECP to float another modaraba of Rs300 million under the name of ‘Habib......
LAHORE: Lucky Cement Limited has inaugurated its fifth Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) Plant in Pezu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Under this project, two cement production lines with a daily output of 2,400 tonnes......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Traders of auto market have accused the city’s five authorised dealers of Honda motorbikes of charging Rs3,000-5,000 extra over the actual price.Staging a protest outside the Atlas......
LONDON: Gold prices slipped on Monday as the prospect of imminent interest rate rises kept them near the five-week lows touched last week. However, losses were limited by elections in Europe creating......
SAN FRANCISCO: Verizon demanded a $925 million discount on its acquisition of Yahoo’s online services to help offset the damage from the biggest data breaches in internet history. It ultimately......
KAULA LUMPUR: Malaysia has emerged as the front-runner in the 2017 ranking for best countries to invest in, scoring at least 30 points more than any other country on a 100-point scale.The ranking is......
ISLAMABAD: Questions were raised in the Senate on Monday over lack of transparency in the process of the national population census, prompting the chair to direct the government to appoint a point......
ISLAMABAD: The counsel for former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf field in the Islamabad High Court on Monday two petitions seeking removal of terrorism charges against him in the judges’......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has always supported unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Yemen and would continue to extend all possible assistance for restoration of complete peace......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to take action against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan under cybercrime and defamation laws for what its representatives describe as trying to......
ISLAMABAD: A deadlock between the government and main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) persisted on revival of military courts during a meeting of parliamentary parties in the Parliament House......
BEIJING: China said on Monday that it looked forward to early accession of Pakistan and India to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as full members so that they could work with existing......
ISLAMABAD: The situation in Tharparkar, Umerkot and Sanghar districts is vulnerable and may slip to a ‘humanitarian emergency’, a joint United Nations observation mission says.The UN report made......
KARACHI: The horses are ready, so are their jockeys — as ready as the men who have come all the way here for the day to watch the races.This is no display of any simple and straightforward equine......
ISLAMABAD: Describing elimination of terrorism and extremism as a “policy imperative” for national security, the political and military leadership on Monday agreed on pacing up the implementation of......
ISLAMABAD: Members of parliament — in both houses and on both sides of the aisle — came together to denounce former Pakistani ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, for what they called “maligning......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has asked all banks to improve their capacity for control of money laundering, especially by training their staff here and abroad in this respect.SBP......
The closure of the Afghan border comes at a time when relations between the two states are deteriorating, with Islamabad accusing Kabul of not doing enough to curb extremists the former claims......
PUNDITRY notwithstanding, all five Indian states that went to polls recently saw their governments getting evicted. The victims included the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and the Uttar......
MANY people say Pakistan’s problems today stem from the wilful failure of rulers to establish an Islamic system. These are not supporters of the militant Islamic State group but well-meaning......
THE PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report The World in 2050, that came out a few weeks ago, forecasts Pakistan as the world’s 16th largest economy — in terms of GDP — by 2050, ahead of Italy and......
The start of a new census exercise is a welcome development, and now more than ever before the authorities must do everything to ensure that the results are credible and not marred by allegations of......
Actor Veena Malik in an appearance on a television show on Monday alleged that her husband had been physically abusive towards her, days after news surfaced that she had filed for khula from Asad......
